Rain Games, much like Image & Form, has opted to try something a little different in the way it produces games, aiming for a shared universe concept much like we see in the film industry. It all started with Teslagrad and recently got another entry with World to the West. Now, Rain Games has announced a third game, which will be set in yet another new place.

Mesmer will be a new take on strategy games, focusing on a character who leads one of different five factions in the capital city of Pardam. The goal will be to accrue as many resources and supporters as possible while still keeping activities a secret from the Crown. It sounds like yet another fascinating departure, and while release details aren’t forthcoming, know that it’ll launch on the Switch.

What do you think? Does this look interesting to you? What did you think of World to the West? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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@therealgamer It's still Feb, calm your tits. No new games? Kirby, Yoshi, Mario Tennis Aces all coming soon. Maybe Metroid, Bayo 3 and even Pokemon might be coming up. Just wait for next Direct or maybe E3. Btw What new First Party games that PS and Xbox already get this year?

PS-this is still pretty early in development , so most of the assets seen in the footage here is previz/stuff. hopefully we'll have something playable for gdc!

we're also still working on a patch for wttw switch to fix some frame drops and visual issues, plus finishing up the wii u port.
once we finish a game, we usually put tech folks on porting duties and art/game designers on concept work for a while, so this is mostly implemented by the art staff so far